4.50 From Paddington: Miss Marple Series Book 8, by Agatha Christie
This was all it took to turn the lives of the Crackenthorpe family upside down.
Elspeth McGillicuddy was the one who started the chain of events that changed the lives of the Crackenthorpe family forever.
It all started one day when she was travelling in a train to meet her relatives. It would have been quite a normal train ride and nothing out of the ordinary had she not looked out of the window.
You see, it was one of those rare moments that two trains going in opposite directions slowed down at the same time. This momentary slowing of the trains meant that if the occupants of either train were to glance out of their windows, they would have been able to see into the compartments of the other train.
This was exactly what happened to Elspeth McGillicuddy. She had innocently glanced out of the window but what she saw, made her blood run cold. In the compartment of the other train, was a man slowly strangling a woman.
In a daze, she continued to watch until both trains moved away.
